Senior Decarbonisation Business Partner

Senior Decarbonisation Business Partner

Contract: Sustainability
Location: London, EC2M 2AT – hybrid
Hours of work: 40 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent

Our client, a leading provider of facilities services in the UK, is seeking a Senior Decarbonisation Business Partner to work with high‑profile clients to develop and deliver ambitious decarbonisation and net zero targets across complex portfolios.

Job Overview

This is a senior advisory role focused on supporting large, complex client estates to achieve credible, deliverable and measurable net zero outcomes. The role works at the intersection of client sustainability strategy and facilities management delivery, ensuring that commitments translate into practical action through operational services and capital programmes.

The Senior Decarbonisation Business Partner acts as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, providing assurance that carbon reduction initiatives are robust, transparently reported and aligned with regulatory, audit and governance expectations. The role is client‑facing, strategic in nature, and focused on influence, insight and governance rather than direct operational delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the senior sustainability and net zero interface between the FM organisation and the client’s EMEA leadership, engaging at executive level.
• Position the FM organisation as a strategic partner by identifying opportunities to deliver sustainability, energy and carbon initiatives.
• Influence senior client stakeholders to embed net zero delivery into operational decision‑making, capital planning and service strategies.
• Own the interface between FM operational data and client sustainability reporting, ensuring carbon metrics are accurate, consistent and audit‑ready.
• Support EMEA disclosure obligations, including CSRD, TCFD and ISSB, by translating FM data into clear, executive‑level insights.
• Establish and manage net zero governance frameworks, including performance tracking, escalation routes and risk management.
• Identify delivery risks linked to assets, operations, capital constraints or data quality, and coordinate appropriate mitigation actions.
• Lead FM‑enabled delivery of Scope 1 and 2 carbon reduction initiatives, including energy optimisation, asset planning, electrification, renewables and behavioural change.

Person Specification

• Demonstrable experience leading decarbonisation and net zero programmes across a large, complex corporate estate.
• Strong carbon management and reporting capability, including experience with SDR‑ and TCFD‑aligned frameworks.
• Proven senior stakeholder and client‑facing skills, with confidence engaging and influencing at senior leadership level.
• Ability to operate as a strategic link between FM partners and client decarbonisation strategies, without delivering operational activity.
• Experience working in high‑demand client environments, producing timely, accurate reports and progress updates.
• Commercial and strategic mindset, focused on driving actions, identifying opportunities and tracking progress.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk and performance management in a sustainability context.
• Full UK driving licence.